From 170c1d9d92de4cafc0da9567a6970b173161c7da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maarten-vd-Sande Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 09:43:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: singularity sometimes uses system /tmp explanation (#1588) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * Update conda.py * Update conda.py * Update conda.py * add to docs * extra space * Update docs/project_info/faq.rst Co-authored-by: Johannes Köster --- docs/project_info/faq.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/project_info/faq.rst b/docs/project_info/faq.rst index 5edbbf10a..1e701bffd 100644 --- a/docs/project_info/faq.rst +++ b/docs/project_info/faq.rst @@ -689,3 +689,11 @@ Say you have forgotten how to use the various options starting ``force``, just t To activate this autocompletion permanently, put this line in ``~/.zshrc``. `Here `_ is some further reading. + +How can I avoid system /tmp to be used when combining singularity and conda? +------------------------------------------------------ + +When using both singularity and conda the idea is that inside the singularity container the conda environment is being installed. +Some singularity instances are set to share the system /tmp with the containers. +This can lead to unexpected behaviour where the system /tmp gets full. +To stop this behaviour you'd have to run singularity with the ``--contain`` option.